Lestrigonus schoemakeri Bowman 1973
- Dataset
- Pelagic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) in western Mexico. 3 Family Lestrigonidae
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Lestrigonidae
- genus
- Lestrigonus
- species
- Lestrigonus schoemakeri
discussion
Remarks. Siegel-Causey (1982) reported this species as the third most abundant species in the Gulf of California where it was found from the upper to the southern Gulf. Occasionally to> 560 m depth (Siegel-Causey 1982); from 0 to 200 m depth (Vinogradov et al. 1996, García Madrigal 2007). This species has been reported among the most abundant in the Mexican tropical Pacific area during ENSO conditions (Gasca et al. 2012).
distribution
Distribution. Pacific Ocean. In the eastern Pacific from off San Diego, USA, throughout the Gulf of California, Mexico, to off Panama and the Galapagos Islands (Siegel-Causey 1892, Vinogradov et al. 1996, Brusca & Hendrickx 2005, García Madrigal 2007).
materials_examined
Material examined. 13 M, 15 F, in 8 localities (Fig. 7). TALUD III. St. 19 B (25 ° 18 ’ 24 ” N, 109 ° 18 ’ 36 ” W), August 20, 1991, 1 M, I-K, from surface to 600 m (TD, 1890 m) (ICML-EMU- 12805 A). TALUD IV St. 7 (22 ° 00 ’ 22 ” N, 106 ° 49 ’ 18 ” W), August 23, 2000), 1 F, MN, from surface to 500 m (TD, 1970 m) (ICML-EMU- 12805 B); St. 22 (24 ° 17 ’ 20 ” N, 108 ° 50 ’ 30 ” W), August 26, 2000, 1 F, MN, from surface to 1325 m (TD, ca. 1800 m) (ICML-EMU- 12805 C). TALUD V. St. 29 (25 ° 14 ’ 36 ” N, 109 ° 24 ’ 15 ” W), December 17, 2000, 1 F, MN, from surface to 1290 m (TD, 2040 m) (ECO-CH-Z- 10394). TALUD VI. St. 7 (22 ° 21 ’ 39 ” N, 107 ° 01 ’ 42 ” W), March 14, 2001, 8 M, 12 F, MN, from surface to 1305 m (TD, 2100 m) (ICML-EMU- 12806). TALUD VII. St. 36 (25 ° 42 ’ 37 ” N, 110 ° 04 ’ 35 ” W), June 9, 2001, 1 M, MN, from surface to 1390 m (TD, 2400 m) (ECO-CH-Z- 10395). TALUD X. St. 11 (27 ° 34 ’ 16 ” N, 111 ° 40 ’ W), February 11, 2007, 2 M, MN, from surface to 1215 m (TD, 1801 m) (ICML-EMU- 12809 A). TALUD XI. St. 19 B (17 ° 56 ’ 00 ” N, 103 ° 10 ’ 00 ” W), June 9, 2007, 1 M, MN, from surface to 1490 m (TD, 1750 m) (ICML-EMU- 12809 B).
Name
- Homonyms
- Lestrigonus schoemakeri Bowman 1973